Wind Energy

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Wind Energy Value Chain Job Opportunities In
Kansas
Liz Salerno American Wind Energy Association
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Main Turbine Components
Tower
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Turbine Components

• Towers
• Small wind towers
• Large wind towers
• Ladders
• Lifts
• Rotor
• Hub
• Nose Cone
• Blades
• -Composites
• -Blade Core
• Pitch Mechanisms
• Drives
• Brakes
• Rotary Union

Nacelle Nacelle Cover Nacelle Base Heat
exchanger Controllers Generator Power
Electronics Lubricants Filtration Insulation Gearb
ox Pump Drivetrain Ceramics Shaft
Other Transformers Bolts/Fasteners Wire Paints
and Coatings Lighting Lighting Protection Steel
Working/Machining Communication
Devices Batteries Bearings Brakes Control and
Condition Monitoring Equipment Electrical
Interface and Electrical Connection Foundation R
ebar Concrete Casings
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Sample of Manufacturing Facilities

• Online Prior to 2007
• Online or Announced in 2007
• Announced in 2008

Source AWEA, updated Sept 2008
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Sample Wind Manufacturing Facility of 250 People
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Annual Installed Capacity under 20 Scenario
5,244 MW installed in 2007 from 3,200
turbines 16,000 MW Annually 7,000
10,000 turbines annually 21,000 to 30,000
blades and tower sections 7,000 to 10,000
drivetrains, frames and housings
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Jobs Supported by 20 Scenario
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Manufacturing Jobs Supported by StateBased on
Todays Distribution
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Sample of Manufacturing Facilities

• Online Prior to 2007
• Online or Announced in 2007
• Announced in 2008

Source AWEA, updated Sept 2008
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Opportunity in Kansas

• 16,000 Existing manufacturing firms in the U.S.
  have the technical potential to enter wind
  turbine component market.
• 425 Number of manufacturing facilities in
  Kansas have the technical potential to make
  renewable energy system components.
• 11,500 Number of full-time equivalent
  (FTEs) employees.
• 147 Number of these facilities could make
  wind-related components, with close to
  4,000 FTEs

Source REPP
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Construction and Operations Offer Significant
Job Opportunity
Source Kansas Wind Working Group, KCC
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Construction and Operations Offer Significant
Job Opportunity
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Market Growth PotentialBottlenecks

• Major Current Constraints
• Industrial Gearboxes
• Large Bearings
• Generators/ Generator Components
• Anticipated Constraints
• Crane Availability
• Domestic Transport Capacity Permitting
• Human Resources
• Transportation

Preliminary from forthcoming report
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Transportation
Source American Solar Energy Society
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Human Resources Training
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Kansas Educational Institutions Already Involved

• Cloud County Community College/Manhattan Area
  Technical College
• Kansas State University Manhattan, KS

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Success Stories

• Colorado and Ohio

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Success Story Colorado

• Wind Manufacturing Facilities Prior to 2006
  0
• Manufacturing Facilities at least 6
• Manufacturing Jobs 2700
• Investment in Manuf. Infrastructure 550 Mill.
  
• Wind Installation Prior to 2003 lt 75 MW
• Wind Installation Today 1,067 MW
• Construction Jobs 1600
• Full-time OM Jobs 100

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Success Story Colorado

• What Happened?
• In 2004, ballot initiative passed state RPS of
  10 by 2020, and quickly doubled to 20 by 2020.
• Strong Leadership from Governor, active
  Recruiting .
• Largest Utility Fully Embraced Wind and Leads the
  Country in term of Wind on their System
• Xcel Energy is now the nations number one
  purchaser of wind power, according to the
  American Wind Energy Association. This is big
  stuff, and its historic. We should all be proud
  that our hometown energy team is now number one.
  Xcel Website

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Success Story OhioThe Early Years

• Wind Installation Prior to 2003 0
• Wind Installation Online Proposed Today 30 MW
• Manufacturing Facilities
• Already over 100 facilities supplying the wind
  industry
• What Happened?
• Strong Leadership from Economic Development
  Agencies and Energy Offices.
• Huge existing potential, ranks fifth in firms
  with technical potential to manufacturing wind
  components.
• 850K grant to specifically develop the wind
  supply chain.
• 12.5 RPS in 2008.
• Local embrace of technology Ex. Great Lakes
  Science Center

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More Information About Wind Power
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